Journal 48: Busy Busy Busy

High school life never stops for you. Everyday new challenges and work awaits you. Sometimes its the same old thing, and some times it surprises you. Rarely are the things that needed to be done something I enjoy. However when ever I am done with the homework needed to be done I have time to sketch and draw. Drawing is something I enjoy a lot. Even though it make take a lot of time to complete a portrait of a favorite celebrity, the end product always gives me a sense of achievement and pride. I start out by searching for interesting images of people and pick out the one that appeals to me the most. I open my old and battered sketch book and open to a new page, blank and ready for a long process of sketching and erasing. The eyes are what I usually start with because I think it one of the main things to pay attention to. By doing the eyes right I can make the whole portrait come alive. The eyes are the windows to the soul after all. then I work my way down the face nose, mouth. Then back up to the eye brows adding more emotion with each subtle curve here and there. No the outline of the head, then hair, and more details. By the end it would have probably taken me a couple of hours to finish. My eyes are aching form staring at the picture and sketch book for too long and my fingers aching from holding the pen or pencil. I sit back and just stare into the eyes of my creation, with a smirk on my face. I feel accomplished.